University of Pennsylvania.
Popul Stud (Camb). 2021 Mar;75(1):111-131. doi: 10.1080/00324728.2020.1838601. Epub 2020 Nov 10.
This paper examines the labour market incorporation of African-born immigrant women in South Africa using data from the 2011 Census. It investigates women's labour force participation, employment prospects, and access to formal employment, assessing how human capital and household factors explain labour market decisions. Results underscore significant challenges to immigrant incorporation in South Africa. Not only are immigrants less likely to participate in the labour force than black South African women, but for those who participate, employment levels are lower. Although immigrants have an employment edge over South Africans once individual and household factors are held constant, immigrants are over-represented in informal jobs. Returns to human capital are also lower among foreign- than South-African-born women. Together, these results suggest a segmented pattern of incorporation for immigrant women in South Africa. Results by national origin emphasize the importance of egalitarianism and co-ethnic community characteristics in structuring women's labour force participation.
本文利用 2011 年人口普查数据，考察了在南非出生的非洲移民女性的劳动力市场融入情况。它调查了女性的劳动力参与率、就业前景和获得正规就业的机会，评估了人力资本和家庭因素如何解释劳动力市场决策。研究结果强调了移民融入南非所面临的重大挑战。不仅移民参与劳动力市场的可能性低于南非黑人女性，而且对于那些参与劳动力市场的移民来说，就业水平也较低。尽管在控制个人和家庭因素后，移民的就业机会比南非人多，但移民在非正规就业中所占比例过高。外国出生的女性的人力资本回报率也低于南非出生的女性。总的来说，这些结果表明，移民女性在南非的融入呈现出一种分割模式。按原籍国划分的结果强调了平等主义和同族社区特征在构建女性劳动力参与方面的重要性。
